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 a photo of courting Dolichopus
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| mwkozlowski |
Posted on 14-10-2007 19:40
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 Member Location: Warsaw, Poland Posts: 779 Joined: 17.10.06 |
commonly observed this summer on umbeliferous plants, often males courting females like this one on the picture. Supposingly a Dolichopus, anny species hints? thanks in advance... mwkozlowski attached the following image:  [30.54Kb] |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 14-10-2007 22:22
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Nice photo, Marek!
Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| Igor Grichanov |
Posted on 16-10-2007 12:19
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Male-to-male sexual aggressiveness. What is a substrate (flower?)
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 16-10-2007 12:27
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it is on umbeliferous's flower. |
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| mwkozlowski |
Posted on 16-10-2007 20:16
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why male-male? I see a female under. This was often observed behaviour on Heracleum sphondylium flowers this August. Here you have other cases, always seems to be a male above a female.
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| mwkozlowski |
Posted on 16-10-2007 20:20
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.....and alsoa closer look at the fly (most probably the same species) but which???!!!
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